http://www.loveluton.org Latest articles from City Life Church Luton 2009, City Life Church Luton en Insight by Endis, www.endis.com 1440 http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/167433/City_Life_Church/more/Filmstock_11.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/167433/City_Life_Church/more/Filmstock_11.aspx Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Luton used to be famous for hats, then cars and now an airport. In 1999 however two Lutonians decided to change that and conceived an international film festival. In June 2000 Filmstock was born. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/162108/City_Life_Church/more/Transition_Towns_Launch.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/162108/City_Life_Church/more/Transition_Towns_Launch.aspx Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT It all starts off when a small collection of motivated individuals within a community come together with a shared concern: how can our community respond to the challenges, and opportunities, of Peak Oil and Climate Change? http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/161197/City_Life_Church/more/Caption_Competition_Week.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/161197/City_Life_Church/more/Caption_Competition_Week.aspx Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Yes, it's that time of the year again - every week throughout the summer, the City Life Church caption competition will make an appearance. This week it's Gav and Andy in deep conversation. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/161191/City_Life_Church/more/Caption_Competition_Week.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/161191/City_Life_Church/more/Caption_Competition_Week.aspx Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Week three brings a very popular Richard Oster outfit to the fore - every week throughout the summer, the City Life Church caption competition will make an appearance. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/160564/City_Life_Church/more/Caption_Competition_Week.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/160564/City_Life_Church/more/Caption_Competition_Week.aspx Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Yes, it's that time of the year again - every week throughout the summer, the City Life Church caption competition will make an appearance. You can't say you haven't been warned. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/158610/City_Life_Church/gatherings/loveluton_gatherings/Summer_Beach_Ball.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/158610/City_Life_Church/gatherings/loveluton_gatherings/Summer_Beach_Ball.aspx Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT On Sunday 26th July to celebrate the end of our church year, we took over LCET, transforming the courtyard into an outdoor beach area, sticking in a BBQ and cocktail shack. UPDATED with photos. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/160108/City_Life_Church/more/Caption_Competition.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/160108/City_Life_Church/more/Caption_Competition.aspx Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT Yes, it's that time of the year again - every week throughout the summer, the City Life Church caption competition will make an appearance. It's our most successful website feature. You can't say you haven't been warned. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/158411/City_Life_Church/gatherings/city_life_church/The_coming_of.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/158411/City_Life_Church/gatherings/city_life_church/The_coming_of.aspx Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT Gavin spoke on the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, in our CLC gathering on 12th July 2009. It finished up our series at Rufio's on the book of Acts. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/157267/City_Life_Church/gatherings/city_life_church/Paul_Said_WHAT.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/157267/City_Life_Church/gatherings/city_life_church/Paul_Said_WHAT.aspx Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT Notes and Slides from the City Life Church gathering on Sunday 28th June. Geoff Stevenson talked on Paul's letters. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/149558/City_Life_Church/more/Why_we_love.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/149558/City_Life_Church/more/Why_we_love.aspx Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT Luton First, the town’s promotional consortium would like to hear from dignitaries, business leaders, politicians, and prominent personalities, together with local residents and people who work in the town, explaining what they like most about their home. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/146206/City_Life_Church/gatherings/unexpected/Unexpected.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/146206/City_Life_Church/gatherings/unexpected/Unexpected.aspx Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT The acknowledgement of God’s supreme love and power is a central tenet of the Christian faith, and is vital to any expression of such. As Christians, committed to a theology which sees Jesus as the pivot for man’s reconciliation to God. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/136596/City_Life_Church/about_us/giving/2009_Our_Budget.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/136596/City_Life_Church/about_us/giving/2009_Our_Budget.aspx Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT As a team we want to thank everyone for their generosity through 2008. Once again we finished the year in the black, even with the ambitious targets for growth we set. We have a new budget for 2009. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/136582/City_Life_Church/about_us/vision/2009_Growing_Leadership.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/136582/City_Life_Church/about_us/vision/2009_Growing_Leadership.aspx Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Vital as we grow is the focus on developing leadership within the church. For that reason, we are settling down our leadership teams into a clearer structure, allowing us to differentiate roles and responsibilites and spread the demands of growth. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/136580/City_Life_Church/about_us/vision/2009_Sharing_Jesus.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/136580/City_Life_Church/about_us/vision/2009_Sharing_Jesus.aspx Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Our reason for being here, for being a community together, is to share Jesus with the willing to hear. 2009 is a year of innovation and evolution with our cells, student work, Alpha course and other initiatives. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/136578/City_Life_Church/about_us/vision/2009_Building_Church.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/136578/City_Life_Church/about_us/vision/2009_Building_Church.aspx Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT As we grown, so our structure needs to grow with us. This year is a real one of investing in this side of church life, as unglamourous as it can sometimes seem. Getting offices, growing the staff team, a website redesign and new trustees in 09. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/136577/City_Life_Church/about_us/vision/2009_New_gatherings.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/136577/City_Life_Church/about_us/vision/2009_New_gatherings.aspx Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT We meet together weekly in 2009, but as before it won't be the same meeting each week. We want to explore together each topic and aspect of church life in depth and meeting the same way each weekend just isn't us! http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/132513/City_Life_Church/more/wider_church/Notes_from_Engaging.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/132513/City_Life_Church/more/wider_church/Notes_from_Engaging.aspx Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT We find that a many of the social ills we describe about today's dominant culture boli down to this one thing - disengagement. Disengagement from complexity, reality, one another and ultimately from God. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/119059/City_Life_Church/gatherings/Changes_to_the.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/119059/City_Life_Church/gatherings/Changes_to_the.aspx Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT On Sunday 29th June we outlined some changes to the way we gather as a church week by week. They come into effect from September 2008. Gavin Shuker offers the rationale behind the decision in this open letter. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/117996/City_Life_Church/more/wider_church/Church_Planting.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/117996/City_Life_Church/more/wider_church/Church_Planting.aspx Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT These notes from Gavin Shuker are taken from the Plumbline training day on Saturday 14th June. They can be downloaded as a Powerpoint file, as a pdf, or viewed by clicking through the animation in the article. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/117744/City_Life_Church/gatherings/Politics_Night.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/117744/City_Life_Church/gatherings/Politics_Night.aspx Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT Those of us who have chosen to follow Jesus are called to follow him into every sphere of society. Politics isn't something that many of us are particularly engaged with - but if we care about creating a better, fairer world, we should be. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/57607/City_Life_Church/more/exploring_your_connection/Exploring_your_connection.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/57607/City_Life_Church/more/exploring_your_connection/Exploring_your_connection.aspx Sat, 31 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT There is an ongoing desire for people to explore their connection with City Life Church. We make space for that through Exploring your Connection. The new course begins Tuesday 1st July. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/71218/City_Life_Church/small_groups/fusion_cells/Being_a_student.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/71218/City_Life_Church/small_groups/fusion_cells/Being_a_student.aspx Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT Whether you're a fresher or have been at university for a while, we want to empower students to see amazing things happen in their time here in Luton. We are affilliated with Fusion and run fusion cells. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/65960/City_Life_Church/about_us/vision/Our_vision_and.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/65960/City_Life_Church/about_us/vision/Our_vision_and.aspx Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT Our vision is to build a church with people aged 18-30 who have little or no experience of church. We want to see people come to faith in Jesus; to release the potential of individuals; to see change and freedom in peoples’ lives; and to love Luton. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/65957/City_Life_Church/about_us/leadership/Our_oversight_and.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/65957/City_Life_Church/about_us/leadership/Our_oversight_and.aspx Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT City Life Church in Luton started meeting together in September 2006. However, the seeds of its conception go much further back, and draw together strands of support from a number of different sources. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/63703/City_Life_Church/about_us/online_office/Giving_to_City.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/63703/City_Life_Church/about_us/online_office/Giving_to_City.aspx Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT City Life Church is reliant on the generosity of those who give financially into its work. You can set up a standing order to CLC by clicking on this article and downloading the attached form http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/59242/City_Life_Church/more/loveluton_the_podcast.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/59242/City_Life_Church/more/loveluton_the_podcast.aspx Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT Over the past twelve months, we've been chatting quite a bit about church - what is important and what we like about it. We thought it would be good to record some of that conversation, and see if it helps anyone that listens to it. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/54957/City_Life_Church/more/Getting_stuck_in.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/54957/City_Life_Church/more/Getting_stuck_in.aspx Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT Do you fancy getting involved with us? There's a few things we ask you to do in joining this community - but don't worry, all of them are a laugh. http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/38523/City_Life_Church/more/The_Luton_blog.aspx http://www.loveluton.org/Articles/38523/City_Life_Church/more/The_Luton_blog.aspx Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT Who says we don't understand the value of cross-promotion? The luton2006 blog is here, packed with informative articles and insights to the 'freak show' that forms the so called 'team'.